dicenoun definition in Board games topic from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dice

noun: Board games topic

(alsodieespecially in North American English)[countable]a small cube of wood, plastic, etc., with a different number of spots on each of its sides, used in games of chancea pair of diceto roll/throw/shake the diceYou decide who’s going to start by throwing the dice.You move forward according to the number on the dice.(figurative)It was a last desperate throw of the dice to save his marriage.